Capture data from web page
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I want to gather the charted data from this page: http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/StockRating/srstopstocksresults.aspx?Score=10 and process it in software. The problem is the page content is loaded via scripts and the page's .html source does not contain the data. So my initial idea of getting and processing the page's .html source won't work. Embedded URLs in the scripts do not provide the data. Manually typing Control-A Control-C and pasting into a text document would work, but I'd prefer an automated solution. A. I've seen one Windows program control another, but I've never done it. Is there some straightforward way my browser be controlled to send me the text or save it to a file? OR B. Perhaps a FireFox plug-in should be written? (I've never written a plug-in before, either.) OR C. Other? Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark
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I want to gather the charted data from this page: http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/StockRating/srstopstocksresults.aspx?Score=10 and process it in software. The problem is the page content is loaded via scripts and the page's .html source does not contain the data. So my initial idea of getting and processing the page's .html source won't work. Embedded URLs in the scripts do not provide the data. Manually typing Control-A Control-C and pasting into a text document would work, but I'd prefer an automated solution. A. I've seen one Windows program control another, but I've never done it. Is there some straightforward way my browser be controlled to send me the text or save it to a file? OR B. Perhaps a FireFox plug-in should be written? (I've never written a plug-in before, either.) OR C. Other? Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark
Mark T. wrote:
The problem is...the page's .html source does not contain the data.
Sure it does. It's in a down around line 221.
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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Mark T. wrote:
The problem is...the page's .html source does not contain the data.
Sure it does. It's in a down around line 221.
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb